8:49 PM,
Oct. 25, 2013

School nurse Janne DeMarco sprays teacher David Glass' beard and hair pink as more than thirty teachers at Parsippany High School grew out their beards dying them pink to raise money for breast cancer research. Friday October 25, 2013, Parsippany, NJ, Staff Photographer/Bob Karp MOR 1025 Beards for Breast Cancer

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Michael Izzo
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Parsippany High School students and faculty walked the halls Friday decked out in pink, including the dyed beards of 36 male faculty members as part of the school's "Beards for Breast Cancer" day.

"The staff gets more creative every year. One teacher came with pink eyelashes, shoes and a fake beard. She looked like Paul Buyan's pink love child," said Assistant Principal Thomas Rizk, who started the event three years ago.

In total, the school raised about $10,000 for breast cancer research, according to Principal Dennis Mulroony, who said about 60 percent of the students participated and ...